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title: Were the King and Queen gutted or proper buzzin' at church? — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Were the King and Queen gutted or proper buzzin' at church? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a…

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Were the King and Queen gutted or proper buzzin' at church?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** gut · **To what, where:** King

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1456-pg503-part43/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t5:1
# text = Were the King and Queen gutted or proper buzzin' at church?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	buzzin	buzzin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | the King and Queen |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chuffed, dancing for their boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t5:o1:1
# text = Chuffed, dancing for their boy
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for their boy | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Buzzin, feasting for their son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t5:o2:1
# text = Buzzin, feasting for their son
1	Buzzin	Buzzin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	feasting	feast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | gerund | Buzzin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for their son | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Gutted, weeping for their son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t5:o3:1
# text = Gutted, weeping for their son
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **weep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for their son | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Happy, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t5:o4:1
# text = Happy, mate
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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